Portfolios: Birte Person

Adult Orb Spider

"My portfolio is all of the same theme, the environment,
which I have been involved with all my life, both through
teaching and practising. I am retired now but am involved
with the breeding of five rare species of frogs. Thus the
mention of many ponds when listing my photos. These frogs
are let go into areas where they used to be abundant but are
now in such low numbers that they are almost extinct.All due
to pollution and mans encroachment into their environment.

I live on the Sapphire Coast of Australia which is about
100 kilometers south of the Capital of New South Wales, Sydney.The
area consist mainly of beaches and temperate rainforest.

I started photographing seriously in January 2004, because
of age I am not able to do as much as I used to but doing
this keeps my interest in the environment besides looking
after the frogs.

I also love doing abstractions of nature, the things people
do not normally see.

To sum it up I love nature but cringe when I look at the
things being destroyed in the name of progress."